2024 NevadaPhD: Full Schedule

8:00am CDT

Scavenger Hunt

Monday August 19, 2024 8:00am - 9:15am CDT

9:30am CDT

Designing an Empowering School Climate

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT

The beginnings of building up school culture and climate. A brief introduction to how everyone can be involved in school culture and time to create a plan to develop a more positive culture in your building.

Speakers

Kristi Kenealy

Elementary Music Teacher, Central Elementary - Nevada

Catie Neuman

2nd Grade Teacher, Nevada Community Schools

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT
Gates Hall Auditorium

Classroom Management

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District

9:30am CDT

One Week Mini Units

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT

HS Room 25 (Sutton)

Have you always wanted to add a short engaging mini-unit but find that each one goes too long? This section will focus on how to create a short, engaging unit that can slide in anywhere.

Speakers

Karen Niblock

MS Social Studies

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT
HS Room 25 (Sutton)

Curriculum

Audience Middle School, High School

9:30am CDT

Charting Your Path: ICDP

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT

HS Library

Join us for a 45-minute session tailored specifically for educators looking to navigate their ICDP journey with purpose and clarity. You will learn about the requirements for the district as well as embark on a journey of self-discovery and strategic planning to help determine a topic for your Individual Career Development Plan for the 24-25 school year.
Whether you're a seasoned educator or a newcomer exploring your options, this session will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to chart your path.

Speakers

Carrie Hillman

Technology Integrationist, Nevada Community Schools

Carrie is an educator who has always had a passion for using and integrating technology in meaningful and powerful ways. Carrie is the Technology Integration Specialist for the Nevada Community School District. She assists teachers and students with infusing technology into the curriculum while inspiring them to think and learn in new ways. Carrie also is an assistant teaching professor at Iowa State University, in which she works with pre-service teachers on designing effective courses... Read More →

Alycia Edson

8th Grade ELA Teacher

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT
HS Library

Instructional Strategies

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District

9:30am CDT

Making Friends

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT

MS Room 36 (Kroese)

Autistic youth have challenges with reading social cues and making friends. This session will give a couple strategies for you to teach to help them figure out the rules to making friends.

Speakers

Arlyce Kroese

Middle School Teacher

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT
MS Room 36 (Kroese)

Instructional Strategies

Audience Elementary, Middle School, Special Education

9:30am CDT

The Right Work Done Right

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT

HS Room 13 (Weber)

The proper implementation of the MTSS model within each learning environment. The session will provide background and resources for how each of the three tiers can be utilized to help support all learners in the classroom.

Speakers

Andrew Kleeman

HS Social Studies

Justin Kuethe

HS Special Education

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT
HS Room 13 (Weber)

Instructional Strategies

Audience District, Elementary, Middle School, High School

9:30am CDT

SEL 101

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT

HS Room 12 (DeYoung)

Speakers

Emily Kruse

Elementary Counselor and District SEL Consultant, Nevada Community School District

Randi Davis

3/4 MA Elementary Teacher

Monday August 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am CDT
HS Room 12 (DeYoung)

SEL

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District, Special Education

10:30am CDT

Starting Your Classroom Off On the Right Foot

Monday August 19, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT

HS Library

This session is geared towards Elementary teachers wanting to start the year off with a positive classroom community with effective behavior management strategies. This session will include evidence-based interventions centered around The Classroom Check-Up model. You will walk away with strategies that you can implement in your classroom and start the year off on the right foot.

Speakers

Erin Murphy

Elementary School Counselor

Megan McCormick

3/4 MA Elementary Teacher

Monday August 19, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
HS Library

Classroom Management

Audience Elementary, Special Education

10:30am CDT

Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics K-12

Monday August 19, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT

Middle School Room 32 (Hager)

Thinking is a necessary precursor to learning, and if students are not thinking, they are not learning. Explore the “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” framework that has been piloted by NMS math teachers. These practices aim to cultivate critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and active engagement in your students. Applicable K-12.

Speakers

Allison Ingham

Middle School Teacher, Nevada Middle School

Kaylee Hager

Monday August 19, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
Middle School Room 32 (Hager)

Instructional Strategies

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District

10:30am CDT

Is SCARF something other than what you wear around your neck?

Monday August 19, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT

HS Room 12 (DeYoung)

Learn about the SCARF model and what recent neuroscience is discovering about how & why humans behave and interact the way they do at certain times.
Implementing the SCARF model can help you both personally and professionally appreciate, anticipate, mitigate and/or proactively encourage certain behaviors.
The SCARF model also helps us understand and implement best practices in the classroom for students, is rooted in good pedagogy and directly supports our district MTSS and SEL goals.

Speakers

Meg Frideres

HS Instructional Guide, Nevada Community Schools

Meg has taught social studies at Nevada High School for 22 years and has been an instructional guide for eight years. She also coaches students, teachers and sports teams in mindfulness.

Ryan Brown

HS Science

Monday August 19, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
HS Room 12 (DeYoung)

Instructional Strategies

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District

10:30am CDT

Canva, Classroom, and AI... Oh my!

Monday August 19, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT

Gates Hall Auditorium

Come dive into a more in-depth look at the ins and outs of Canva, including its AI features that can help foster student creativity past a template.

Speakers

Zach Lillquist

MS Science, Nevada Community School District

Monday August 19, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
Gates Hall Auditorium

Instructional Tools

Audience Elementary, Middle School, District, High School

10:30am CDT

NCSD 101: All New Teachers

Monday August 19, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT

HS Room 13 (Weber)

This session is required for all teachers who are new to Nevada in the fall. Peer Advisors will walk new teachers through the ins and outs of each building, using our NCSD 101 documents as the foundation.

Speakers

Kirsten Weber

HS Mentor/English Teacher

Beth Christensen

Elem Mentor/ELL

Meg Young

MS Art Teacher

Monday August 19, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
HS Room 13 (Weber)

New Teacher

Audience New Teachers

12:00pm CDT

Lunch

Monday August 19, 2024 12:00pm - 1:15pm CDT

On your own

Monday August 19, 2024 12:00pm - 1:15pm CDT
On your own

1:15pm CDT

Easy as ABC? Alphabet Knowledge for Young Learners

Monday August 19, 2024 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT

Elementary Library

In this session, we will offer ideas for brief, individualized letter-learning opportunities that are developmentally appropriate and fun. Our target audience is teachers of preschool-aged students or students in SPED who need more 1:1 support. We will talk through how we make letter learning meaningful for the students and manageable for us.

Speakers

Erin Klopstad

Reading Specialist

Carla Creswell

Elementary ELL

Monday August 19, 2024 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT
Elementary Library

Curriculum

Audience Elementary, Special Education

1:15pm CDT

Leveraging Problem Solving within Bridges

Monday August 19, 2024 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT

Elementary Room 20 (Adams)

We will dive into problem solving within our Bridges curriculum using the CGI (cognitive guided instruction) strategies. Throughout the session we will look at this student-centered approach and find ways to imbed asking smart questions based on what the students already know, building on their number sense, and uncovering and expanding every student's mathematical understanding.

Speakers

Kedra Hamilton

Instructional Guide, Nevada Community Schools

I have taught all grades K -4 since 2002 at Central Elementary School in Nevada, Iowa. My mission is to empower and excite those around me to confidently use their voice, take risks in order to grow, and make positive choices. I strive to nurture and inspire health, kindness, and... Read More →

Jill Adams

1st Grade Teacher, Nevada Community Schools

Monday August 19, 2024 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT
Elementary Room 20 (Adams)

Curriculum

Audience Elementary

1:15pm CDT

Independent Study: Discovering Your Passion

Monday August 19, 2024 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT

HS Room 13 (Weber)

In this session you will be afforded time to research ideas of interest for your ICDP, passion project, or something you are genuinely interested in learning more about and potentially implementing in your classroom. This is time dedicated to actionable research.

You can choose this session ONLY one time during the conference.

Speakers

Ryan Brown

HS Science

Monday August 19, 2024 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT
HS Room 13 (Weber)

Instructional Strategies

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District

1:15pm CDT

Maximizing Your Time and AI-bilities in the Classroom and Life

Monday August 19, 2024 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT

HS Library

Teachers may feel crunched for time giving feedback, inputting grades, lesson planning, researching content, etc. This session will teach you how AI can support you while being your “assistant.” You will walk away with countless items to begin implementing tomorrow at school and at home.

Speakers

Carrie Hillman

Technology Integrationist, Nevada Community Schools

Hailee Bentley

MS Instructional Guide, Nevada Middle School

Monday August 19, 2024 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT
HS Library

Instructional Tools

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District

1:15pm CDT

Making Your Wellness a Priority

Monday August 19, 2024 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT

Gates Hall Auditorium

Our profession is demanding and can lead to emotional exhaustion and burnout but can also bring great joy. In this session we will look at how enhanced physical, mental, emotional and social well-being lead to educator wellness. You will have the opportunity to create your own plan for well-being as you start this school year. Invest in yourself by attending this session!

Speakers

Meg Frideres

HS Instructional Guide, Nevada Community Schools

Meg has taught social studies at Nevada High School for 22 years and has been an instructional guide for eight years. She also coaches students, teachers and sports teams in mindfulness.

Monday August 19, 2024 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT
Gates Hall Auditorium

SEL

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, Special Education, District

3:00pm CDT

Round Table Discussions

Monday August 19, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm CDT

TBA

Monday August 19, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm CDT
TBA

8:00am CDT

Hugging Porcupines

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT

Gates Hall Auditorium

Learn how to build relationships with students who have challenging behaviors.

Speakers

Catie Neuman

2nd Grade Teacher, Nevada Community Schools

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT
Gates Hall Auditorium

Classroom Management

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District

8:00am CDT

Storyboarding Your Curriculum

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT

HS Room 12 (DeYoung)

Join us for an engaging professional development session designed to empower educators with the skills to create compelling storyboards, or visual syllabi, using their school content. This session will help you to transform your curriculum into dynamic and interactive learning experiences for your students. You will walk away feeling prepared and excited to teach this school year!
Materials Needed:

Laptops or tablets
Standards taught in your class

Speakers

Kris Arganbright

MS Reading/ELA Teacher

Sam Thompson

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT
HS Room 12 (DeYoung)

Curriculum

8:00am CDT

Building, Connecting & Using Formative Assessments

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT

HS Room 25 (Sutton)

We will look creating meaningful Formative Assessments, how to best connect them to our Summative Assessments, and ways that we can use the data we get to impact our instruction and student learning.

Speakers

Tyler Struck

HS PE Teacher

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT
HS Room 25 (Sutton)

Instructional Strategies

Audience Middle School, High School

8:00am CDT

Integrating Special Needs Students into the Classroom

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT

Elementary Library

Ever wonder how you can better integrate your special needs students in your classrooms? Come hear some examples and tips on how to involve everyone in your learning.

Speakers

Kerri McLeod

Amanda Fitch

Holly Jergens

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT
Elementary Library

Instructional Strategies

Audience Elementary

8:00am CDT

Exploring District Online Resources for Enhanced Teaching and Learning

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT

HS Library

Teachers will explore the variety of online resources provided by the district to enhance both teaching and student learning. Participants will have time to navigate these resources and learn practical strategies for integrating them into their classroom lessons and activities.

Speakers

Carrie Hillman

Technology Integrationist, Nevada Community Schools

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT
HS Library

Instructional Tools

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District

8:00am CDT

PowerSchool 101 for New MS/HS Teachers - Mentors

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT

HS Room 13 (Weber)

Required for new Middle School and High School teachers to the district. Learn how to setup your PowerSchool gradebook and standards.

Speakers

Kirsten Weber

HS Mentor/English Teacher

Meg Young

MS Art Teacher

Tuesday August 20, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT
HS Room 13 (Weber)

New Teacher

Audience New Teachers

9:00am CDT

2nd Year Teacher Portfolio - Mentors

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT

If you are entering your 2nd year of the profession OR your 2nd year at Nevada, this session is for you! We will go over district expectations for your teaching standards portfolio that will be due to your administrator by March 1 and will give you time to get a jump-start on putting together a list of ideas/artifacts.

You will start in Room 24 (Wessels Room) but will also use Room 23 (Kane's).

Speakers

Kirsten Weber

HS Mentor/English Teacher

Beth Christensen

Elem Mentor/ELL

Meg Young

MS Art Teacher

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT

2nd Year Teacher

Audience 2nd Year Teacher

9:00am CDT

"Yeah, but What About This Kid?"

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT

HS Room 25 (Sutton)

What do you do when your Tier 1 or Tier 2 behavior interventions are not working? What do you do when you have already tried all the tools in your toolbox? What else can you do? What qualifies or identifies a student as a Tier 3 behavior student? How do I build a plan to be proactive instead of reactive with common/consistent behaviors that I see in my space? In this session, we will explore and discuss common disruptive behaviors and share/build "forgotten" and/or new strategies to help with behavior management in your classroom.

Speakers

Kristi Kenealy

Elementary Music Teacher, Central Elementary - Nevada

Vanessa Palmer

Nevada Community Schools

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT
HS Room 25 (Sutton)

Classroom Management

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District

9:00am CDT

Phonics Lauch

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT

Elementary Library

Designed for special education teachers to learn how to better use our new Phonics Launch curriculum

Speakers

Erin Klopstad

Reading Specialist

Morgan Temple

Elementary Special Education

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT
Elementary Library

Curriculum, Special Education

Audience Special Education, Elementary

9:00am CDT

ABC's of Differentiation

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT

HS Room 13 (Weber)

Do you have students expressing boredom with a lesson? Do you have students that you need to challenge more? Do you want 3 simple steps to take what you're already doing to a more engaging and rigorous level? If you answered yes, then this is the session for you.

Speakers

Jonny Sneiderman

TAG

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT
HS Room 13 (Weber)

Instructional Strategies

Audience District, Elementary, Middle School, High School

9:00am CDT

Building Belonging in Your Classroom

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT

HS Room 12 (DeYoung)

Establishing routines and activities that promote belonging within your classroom.

Speakers

Katie Borton

HS Science

Mallory Kane

HS Math

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT
HS Room 12 (DeYoung)

Instructional Strategies

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District

9:00am CDT

Independent Study: Discovering Your Passion

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT

Gates Hall Auditorium

Speakers

Meg Frideres

HS Instructional Guide, Nevada Community Schools

Meg has taught social studies at Nevada High School for 22 years and has been an instructional guide for eight years. She also coaches students, teachers and sports teams in mindfulness.

Ryan Brown

HS Science

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT
Gates Hall Auditorium

Instructional Strategies

Audience Elementary, Middle School, High School, District

9:00am CDT

Enhancing Classroom Learning: Integrating AI to Empower Students and Teachers

Tuesday August 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am CDT

HS Library

In this interactive session, we will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can be integrated into the classroom to enhance learning and teaching experiences. We will cover practical tools and strategies that empower both students and teachers, ensuring that the integration of AI is effective, ethical, and aligned with your educational goals and beliefs. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how to leverage AI to create engaging and personalized learning environments.

Speakers